Combined scoop and sifter.



No. senses. Patented Aug. 273901.

. s. P. BAUGHMAN.

COMBINED SCOOP AND SIFTEB.

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GEORGE P. BAUGHMAN, OF WVHATCHEER, IOW'A.

COMBINED SCOOP AND SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,608, dated August27, 1901. Application filed January 8, 1901. Serial No. 41,975. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. BAUGHMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Whatcheer, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Scoop and Sifter, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incombined scoops and sifters.

The invention aims to construct a combination scoop and sifterparticularly adapted for scooping and sifting plaster, flour, granulatedand powdered sugars, spices, and like material of a granulated andpowdered form.

To this end the invention further aims to construct a combination scoopand sitter which shall be extremely simple, strong, durable, efficientin use, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and which consists ofthe novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morespecifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had totheaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, and in which- Figure l is a top plan view of my combinedscoop and sifter. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal vertical section, and Fig. at is an end elevation, of thescoop. Fig. 5 is a top plan View of my improved sifter with thesifting-wheel removed.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, the scoop consists ofthe bottom 1, provided with a series of countersunk perforations 2, thewalls 3 3, suitably secured to the bottom, forming the sides and rear,respectively, and the hollow handle 4, connected to the rear wall 3, thelatter provided with the slot 5, registering with the opening in thehandle. Mounted in the hollow handle 4 is an actuating-spring 6,consisting of a piece of spring-Wire bent substantially \l-shaped, withone leg thereof engaging the inner face of one side of the handle, andthe other or movable leg arranged at the opposite side of the handle andhaving a portion of its length bent substantially U-shaped at rightangles thereto, as at 7. The U-shaped bend of the movable leg extendsthrough the opening 8, formed in the side of the handle. The movable legof the spring projects, as at 9, from the handle 4 and extends throughthe slot 5 in the rear wall 3. Arranged upon the perforated portion ofthe bottom 1 of the scoop is the sifting-wheel, constructed of roundWire 10, provided with an upwardly-extending arm 11, through whichprojects the end 9 of the movable leg of the actuating-spring. Mountedupon the sifting-wheel 10 is an elliptical-shaped hollow agitator l2,constructed of round wire and formed integral at its rear end with ahanger 13, having the top thereof bent at right angles thereto andpivotally connected to pin 14, suitably secured to the handle 4E. Theend 9 of the movable leg of the spring extends through the hanger 13 inthe same manner as through the arm 11, the latter beinginterposedbetween the hanger l3 and the wall 3.

The operation of the scoop is as follows: By pressing upon and removingthe pressure from the U-shaped portion of the movable leg of theactuating-spring it will give a si multaneous oscillating movement tothe sift ing-wheel and agitator, materially assisting the sifting of thematerial contained in the scoop through the perforated bottom thereof;and it is thought the many advantages of such construction can bereadily understood from the foregoing description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and it will also be noted that minorchanges may be made in the details of construction without departingfrom the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

tator mounted upon said sifting-wheel, and means connected to the saidagitator and wheel for simultaneously oscillating the same.

3. A scoop provided with a handle and a perforated bottom, asifting-wheel mounted thereon,a vertically-extending arm connected tosaid wheel for supporting the same, and means mounted in the handle andextending through the same and said arm near the top thereof foroscillating said wheel.

4. A scoop having a perforated bottom and a hollow handle, asiftingwheel mounted upon the-perforated bottom, an arm formed integralwith said Wheel, an agitator mounted upon said wheel, a hanger formedintegral with said agitator, and means mounted in said handle andconnected to said arm and hanger for simultaneously oscillating the saidwheel and agitator.

5. A scoop having a perforated bottom and a handle, asifting-wheel'mounted upon the said perforated bottom, an arm connectedwith said sifting-wheel, an agitator mounted upon said sifting-Wheel, ahanger connected to the said agitator and pivotally attached to saidhandle, and means mounted in the handle and extending through the saidarm and hanger for simultaneously oscillating said wheel and agitator.

6. In a scoop, a handle therefor, a perforated bottom, an agitatormounted above the same, a hanger connected to said agitator forsuspending the same and pivotally attached to the handle of the scoop,and a spring of and said hanger for oscillating said ag.i-'

tator.

8. A scoop having its bottom provided with a series of countersunkperforations, an oscillating sifting-Wheel mounted on said bottom, anoscillating agitator suspended in said scoop, and means for oscillatingsaid wheel and agitator simultaneously.

9. A scoop having its bottom provided with a series of countersunkperforations, a sifting-wheel, an arm formed integral therewith, anagitator, a hanger formed integral therewith and pivotally connected tosaid scoop, and means extending through said arm and hanger forsimultaneously operating said wheel and agitator.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE P. BAUGHMAN.

Witnesses:

P. M. FLARITY, 0. WV. NATION.

